Re-Animate THIS!

Jay Whang

The podcast show where me, my co-host, or our possible guest talk about movies, and discuss how to adapt one live-action movie into an animation. For business inquiry, sponsorship, or interested in being on the show, please email: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com You can follow us here: https://bsky.app/profile/reanimatethispod.bsky.social

Episodes

  1. JAN 28

    Going on A Trip to the Moon (1902) with Winsor McCay (feat. Movies Silently)

    Episode recorded: January 24th, 2026 (01/24/2026) To start off the new season, we will be talking about a silent movie and perhaps the oldest movie we have discussed so far. Jay and his co-editor Jessie has invited Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently, a blog that dedicates to researching silent movies, to discuss Georges Méliès, his famous short film A Trip to the Moon, his intentional colorization, Ted Turner's forced colorization that has led to the creation of National Film Registry, the early filmmaking of his era, the works of Winsor McCay, his legacy on the modern animation, The Great Train Robbery director Edwin S. Porter's live-action adaptation of McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, Porter's complicity to Topsy's electrocution, how the global filmmaking community connected with the inventor Thomas Edison, and whether Méliès's ideas would work better in the medium of animation. And Jay has opened up a lot of cans of worms. Because we are discussing silent movies, there are not much of audio clips. And Jay was too busy working on commissioned works that he was unable to finish the narration script, so there are no information narrations from Dom this time. Plus, we have discussed much about Georges Méliès, Winsor McCay, Edwin S. Porter, and Thomas Edison enough throughout the episode. Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission) Episode edited by Jay Whang Movies that we have discussed throughout the episode (possible spoilers ahead): Flow (Straume) (2024), directed by Gints Zilbalodis A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) (1902), directed by Georges Méliès The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur) (1905), directed by Georges Méliès Fury of the Demon (La rage du Démon) (2016), directed by Fabien Delage À la conquête de l'air (1901), directed by Ferdinand Zecca Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (a.k.a. Little Nemo) (1911), directed by J. Stuart Blackton & Winsor McCay L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed by Louis Lumière L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896), directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), directed by Winsor McCay Bug Vaudeville (1921), directed by Winsor McCay Slumberland (2022), directed by Francis Lawrence Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1906), directed by Edwin S. Porter & Wallace McCutcheon Electrocuting an Elephant (1903), directed by Edwin S. Porter (DON'T WATCH THAT ONE IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND VALUE YOUR SANITY! AND F**K EDWIN PORTER!) Hundreds of Beavers (2022), directed by Mike Cheslik Les Vampires (1915-16), directed by Louis Feuillade Irma Vep (1996), directed by Olivier Assayas

    1h 31m
  2. Dogville (2003) - Podcast's First Season Finale

    11/16/2025

    Dogville (2003) - Podcast's First Season Finale

    Episode recorded: November 1st, 2025 (11/01/2025) This episode is dedicated to Scout's grandmother Susann Tafoya (1937-2025). May she rest in peace.  We have finally reached the season finale, so Jay and Meredith will be talking about another Lars von Trier movie to bookend the very first episode. Jay brought his former mentor at the City College of New York, Emmett Goodman, along with the past guest Scout Tafoya, who was also a cast member in Jay's previous work The Tragic End of Rodney & Madlyn U., which also starred Meredith, as last-minute minute guests. (However, Scout was only available temporarily due to a different commitment and left in the middle of the recording). Check out Emmett Goodman's works: https://www.emmettgoodman.com/ Check out Scout Tafoya's The Unloved videos on RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-history-of-the-unloved And Scout's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/honorszombie Together, we discussed Lars von Trier's Dogville, a 3-hours long idiosyncratic retelling of Bertolt Brecht's song Pirate Jenny set in an isolated American town with a very few props. We talked about the use of sexual violence as a narrative crutch, timelessness of American suburban facade , the surprisingly relevant politics regarding how the US today treats migrants and refugees, how von Trier applied Brecht's distancing effect, how to bring it into a medium of animation through mixed-media, and Lotte Reiniger's body of works. Jay wants an answer to the question that nobody has asked before: why there are only few animated works with a Brechtian distancing effect (Verfremdungseffekt)? The original guest for this episode, Devon Manney, whose recent animated short The Wings was partially inspired from works of Bertolt Brecht, has backed out a day before the recording due to an emergency. That being said, Devon Manney agreed to answer some questions that Jay wanted to ask him on the show. Jay read Devon's responses during the podcast in regards to the possibility of using Brecht's distancing effect in animation (and why animation filmmakers don't use it often as live-action filmmakers).  Please check out Devon's short The Wings: https://vimeo.com/1053227103?fl=pl&fe=sh Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): Dogville (2003), directed by Lars von Trier Irréversible (2002), directed by Gaspar Noé The Wings (2025), directed by Devon Manney My Love Affair with Marriage (2022), directed by Signe Baumane The Girl Without Hands (La Jeune Fille sans mains) (2016), directed by Sébastien Laudenbach The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) (1916), directed by Lotte Reiniger Die Nibelungen (1924), directed by Fritz Lang Rooty Toot Toot (1951), directed by John Hubley BoJack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Hideaki Anno The works of Stan Brakhage The works of Robert Breer The works of Greg & Myles McLeod The works of David O'Reilly Most of sources that I have cited: Khoshniat, Ahmad. “Bertolt Brecht’s Soul in the Body of Experimental Animation: Common Audiovisual Strategies between Epic Theatre and Robert Breer’s Short Animations.” AVANCA | CINEMA, no. 13 (October 30, 2022). https://doi.org/10.37390/avancacinema.2022.a369. Willett, J. (Ed.). (1977). Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic (13th ed.). HILL and WANG. Fusini, Letizia. “Cross-Cultural Encounters in World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, the ‘Alienation’ Effect and Chinese Drama.” The Theatre Times, May 20, 2018. https://thetheatretimes.com/cross-cultural-encounters-world-theatre-bertolt-brecht-alienation-effect-chinese-drama/. Fox, Jesse David. “BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Why Puns Are like ‘math, Sex, and Comedy’ All in One.” Vulture, July 26, 2016. https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/bojack-horseman-has-so-many-puns.html. Rosenfield, Esther. “‘the End of Evangelion’ and Stan Brakhage.” Medium, April 4, 2019. https://medium.com/@EstherRosenfield/the-end-of-evangelion-and-stan-brakhage-e57fb668181f. Sergeant, Alexander. “Before Walt Disney, There Was Lotte Reiniger – the Story of the World’s First Animated Feature.” The Conversation, October 3, 2025. https://theconversation.com/before-walt-disney-there-was-lotte-reiniger-the-story-of-the-worlds-first-animated-feature-125091. Benjamin, W. "The Author as Producer," (27 April 1934) collected in Understanding Brecht. Verso: 1998. pp. 85-103 Information segments narration: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang

    2h 11m
  3. The Cell (2000) - HALLOWEEN 2025 SPECIAL

    10/30/2025

    The Cell (2000) - HALLOWEEN 2025 SPECIAL

    Note: We have faced some technical issues before, during, and after the recording. We recorded this episode while Brandyn was on his way back home and taking subways. You are about to hear some roughed audio quality. Recording date: October 18th, 2025 (10/18/2025) Brandyn from The Most Important Election of Our Lives is back for this Halloween special episode. We will be talking about one movie of Brandyn's choice, and it is Tarsem Singh's trippy psychological thriller The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D'Onofrio. We have gone on several tangents, explored the theme of empathy, depiction of mental illness in the media, shoddy CGIs, talked about the Parajayan influences in Tarsem Singh's works, Meredith's love for the Brothers Quay, and more! And special shout out to Bailey Wolfe! Listen to The Most Important Election of Our Lives podcast episode featuring her: https://podcasts.apple.com/bo/podcast/gunpla-vs-nato-regulations/id1793488824?i=1000723841922&l=en-GB Movies & shorts that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!): The Cell (2000), directed by Tarsem Singh The Fall (2006), directed by Tarsem Singh The Silence of the Lambs (1991), directed by Jonathan Demme The Color of Pomegranates (Նռան գույնը) (1969), directed by Sergei Parajanov Sanatorium Under the Sign of Hourglass (2024), directed by Timothy and Stephen Quay Street of Crocodiles (1986), directed by Timothy and Stephen Quay Information segments narration: Dom Valentini Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz

    1h 45m
  4. The Crow (1994) - Grunge-Rock Orpheus

    09/16/2025

    The Crow (1994) - Grunge-Rock Orpheus

    Episode recorded: September 10th, 2025 The September 2025 slot was empty, so Jay and his another rotating co-host Dom filled that up by discussing the movie of the latter's choice - Alex Proyas’s film adaptation of James O’Barr’s indie comic book series of the same name The Crow (1994).  From now on, we are inserting some scripted segments that give you some background information (about the movie’s summary, director’s biography, etc.). All of the segments are voiced by Dom Valentini himself. We are going to discuss the 1994 movie starring the late Brandon Lee, that period of time when the city of Detroit was a common punchline, James O’Barr’s original comic book that was influenced by the tragic death of his loved one, the indie comic book scene, Marcell Jankovics’s poetic black-and-white animated shorts, his fascination with mythology, an adult animated movie that actually take the theme of violence seriously, and deconstructing all of the wasted potentials of the 2024 reboot. And shout out to the Bad Princess Movies podcast! https://badprincessmovies.podbean.com/   Additional credit: that audio clip (25:51) is from this youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysyZF-DZFY   Movies and short films that we will (mostly) be talking about (spoilers ahead!): The Crow (1994), directed by Alex Proyas The Struggle (Küzdők) (1977), directed by Marcell Jankovics Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981), directed by Marcell Jankovics Prometheus (1992), directed by Marcell Jankovics Princess (2006), directed by Anders Morganthaler The Crow (2024), directed Rupert Sanders Into and Outro music: Scorpions sting by Celeste3 https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting And please help her out: https://ko-fi.com/pupceleste If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com

    1h 43m
  5. 08/24/2025

    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), The Devil Rides Out (1968), and The Gorgon (1964) (feat. Ali Khamseh)

    Episode recorded: August 10th, 2025 Jay and his co-editor Jessie Hymowitz invited Ali Khamseh, a Hammer Horror movie fan from Iran, and talked about three movies of his choice: the underappreciated Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), and two Hammer Horror movies with the great Christopher Lee (The Devil Rides Out and The Gorgon). We talked about the unexpected genre materials from Iran, how Kerry Conran's tragic flop predicted both the blockbuster & low-budget filmmaking trends of the 2020s, the historical context of the old Hammer Horror movies, and the magic of stop-motion animation. Movies that we will be (mostly) discussing: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), directed by Kerry Conran Sin City (2005), directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller Hundreds of Beavers (2022), directed by Mike Cheslik The Lion King (2019), directed by Jon Favreau The Devil Rides Out (1968), directed by Terence Fisher The Gorgon (1964), directed by Terence Fisher ParaNorman (2012), directed by Sam Fell & Chris Butler Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), directed by Travis Knight Stopmotion (2023), directed by Robert Morgan Please follow Ali here (note: 88 in Ali's usernames meant the Persian calendar year of 1388 when he made his first email account): His YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJOSmbfG5-nW79Q7I3OyyTw His 2nd YouTube channel (AK88): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP37QXeEcOQ5vJpQKgnph1w His Letterboxd account: https://letterboxd.com/AKhamseh88/ His Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/akhamseh88/ His own podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/akhamseh88/   Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz   Into and Outro music: Scorpions sting by Celeste3 https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting And please help her out: https://ko-fi.com/pupceleste   If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com

    1h 34m
  6. 06/20/2025

    Marquis (1989) - Podcast's first NSFW episode

    Episode recorded: June 14th, 2025 (06/14/2025) This is where me and my new co-host Madzy Williams will be talking about the adult-only, French-language anthropomorphic animal puppet movie about the notorious Marquis during the French revolution and it has a talking peepee. And we discuss how I could turn that into a cut-out animated show made for late-night television audiences. But here are a few things I would like to share. One, Meredith will be back next month. We will be talking about a movie that she has mentioned in the end of the first episode. Two, the composer of this podcast’s intro and outro music, Pupceleste, is soon moving out and need some money. I would like you all to donate some to her moving expenses. Her ko-fi link address is: https://www.ko-fi.com/pupceleste. Three, there are protests going on around the world. And we recorded this during the NoKing protest on June the 14th. If you are still planning to go outside and participate in local demonstrations, here are my advice: Have your mask up, have your goggles on, bring a water bottle, carry some extra cash, don’t take photos of protestors, have your phone airplane mode on, and write down emergency contact and legal counsel numbers on your arm. Stay safe wherever you are. Finally, this will be a very special episode in a way that it’s perhaps our first NSFW episode. We will be talking about the lowest of the lows in the history and it will contain some triggering subjects. To list most of CONTENT WARNINGS: the mention of both actual and alleged sex offenders – such as the Marquis de Sade, Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby, Justin Roiland, and John Kricfalusi, sexual assaults, rape jokes, coprophilia, fascism, furries, a talking penis, and live-action remake of Disney animated movies. And also, this podcast is not sponsored by Raytheon. Movies that we mainly talk about in this episode (and spoilers ahead): Marquis (1989), directed by Henri Xhonneux Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage) (1973), directed René Laloux The Tenant (Le locataire) (1976), directed by Roman Polanski Quills (2000), directed by Philip Kaufman Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma) (1975), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini I would like to give a shout out to French YouTuber Nicolas Delage for spending 4 years to make a video on this movie and meeting with people behind it. His video was very helpful for my research. https://youtu.be/GRsNPytxMdg And also, my birthday is coming up. (Yup, I am a Cancer baby!) I would like to receive some gifts form you all listeners. https://throne.com/designergaze If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com

    1h 55m
  7. Reign of Terror (1949) & the art of political animation filmmaking (feat. Scout Tafoya)

    05/14/2025

    Reign of Terror (1949) & the art of political animation filmmaking (feat. Scout Tafoya)

    Episode recorded: May 12th, 2025 (05/12/2025) Meredith is still on the break. We will get another episode out once she is available. Filmmaker, film critic, and video essayist Scout Tafoya came to talk about Anthony Mann, his post-revolution France film noir thriller Reign of Terror (1949), Mann and his cinematographer John Alton's long-lasting influences in filmmaking and visual arts, anti-authoritarian and post-colonial politics of Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers (2020), Lorenzo Mattotti's artworks and his cinematic contributions, including his haunting segment in animation anthology Fear(s) of the Dark (2007) and feature directorial debut (that never received a US distribution) The Bears' Famous Invasion in Sicily (La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia) (2019), which is about Sicilians picking bears over men as their ruling class.   Movies that we will mostly be talking about: Pola X (1999), directed by Leos Carax Reign of Terror (1949), directed by Anthony Mann Domino (2005), directed Tony Scott Wolfwalkers (2020), directed by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir) (2007), directed by Christian "Blutch" Hincker, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire The Bears' Famous Invasion in Sicily (La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia) (2019), directed by Lorenzo Mattotti   Check out Scout Tafoya's video essay works (especially The Unloved), buy his books, and support him on Patreon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVC5BTH8/?tag=wwwrogerebe0e-20 https://www.patreon.com/honorszombie/shop/black-book-anthony-mann-reader-970432 https://www.patreon.com/c/honorszombie/home https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-history-of-the-unloved   Scout Tafoya's bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/honorszombie.bsky.social Jay Whang's bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/jaywhangdoesstuff.com Meredith Nudo's bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/meredithnudo.bsky.social   If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com

    1h 39m
  8. the beginning, or: We watched The Five Obstructions (2003) together and try to challenge ourselves to remake a live-action movie into an animation

    02/07/2025

    the beginning, or: We watched The Five Obstructions (2003) together and try to challenge ourselves to remake a live-action movie into an animation

    Jay and Meredith talk about one danskjävlar Lars von Trier challenging another Danish scum Jørgen Leth to redo the latter's live-action short film The Perfect Human five times based on the former's restrictions. And one of those five obstructions (and one of five main inspirations behind this podcast) is remaking the short into a "cartoon" in spite of their hatred of animation. We will talk extensively on the art of rotoscope animation, working around the limitations, medium hierarchy, Dogme 95, one of few good things continental Europe has given to the world, and how much of a scum both Von Trier and Leth are.   Recorded in January 30th, 2025 (01/30/2025)   Follow us on our social media: Jay Whang - https://bsky.app/profile/jaywhangdoesstuff.com Meredith Nudo - https://bsky.app/profile/meredithnudo.bsky.social Ending music: Scorpion sting by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/scorpions-sting   Here is my Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/designergaze/   If you have questions, suggestions, or interested to be on the show, let Jay know: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com   Movies that we will talk about/mention in this podcast (and possible spoilers ahead) - not in chronological order: The Five Obstructions (2003), 90 min, dir. Lars von Trier & Jørgen Leth The Perfect Human (1968), 13 min, dir. Jørgen Leth Melancholia (2011), 130 min, dir. Lars von Trier The House that Jack Built (2018), 155 min, dir. Lars von Trier Dancer in the Dark (2000), 140 min, dir. Lars von Trier Dogville (2003), 178 min, dir. Lars von Trier The Celebration (1998), 105 min, dir. Thomas Vinterberg The Idiots (1998), 114 min, dir. Lars von Trier Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), 99 min, dir. Harmony Korine Waking Life (2001), 101 min. dir. Richard Linklater A Scanner Darkly (2006), 100 min, dir. Richard Linklater Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022), 98 min, dir. Richard Linklater Man with a Movie Camera (1929), 68 min, dir. Dziga Vertov Chicken for Linda! (2023), 73 min, dir. Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach Mars Express (2023), 89 min, dir. Jérémie Périn Nothing (2003), 90 min, dir. Vincenzo Natali The Time Master (1982), 79 min, dir. René Laloux Fantastic Planet (1973), 71 min, dir. René Laloux Son of the White Mare (1981), 82 min, dir. Marcell Jankovics Four Souls of Coyote (2023), 100 min, dir. Áron Gauder Klaus (2019), 97 min, dir. Sergio Pablos Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018), 94 min, dir. Milorad Krstić Princess (2006), 82 min, dir. Anders Morganthaler The Beauty and the Beast (1946), 93 min, dir. Jean Cocteau The Fall (2006),  117 min, dir. Tarsem Singh Flow (2024), 85 min, dir. Gints Zilbalodis Parasite (2019), 132 min, dir. Bong Joon-ho The Holy Mountain (1973), 114 min, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

    1h 28m

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The podcast show where me, my co-host, or our possible guest talk about movies, and discuss how to adapt one live-action movie into an animation. For business inquiry, sponsorship, or interested in being on the show, please email: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com You can follow us here: https://bsky.app/profile/reanimatethispod.bsky.social